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queer-book-character-tournament · 2 months

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Character, book, and author names under the cut

Evander (Andy) Mills- Lavender House by Lev Ac Rosen

Catherine St. Day- The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite

Sideways Pike- The Spacegracers by HA Clarke

Malini- The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

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thereadingchallengechallenge · 1 year

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If you liked the All Our Hidden Gifts trilogy by Caroline O’Donoghue, try The Scapegracers series by HA Clarke

They both include:

covens of teenage witches, some of whom are queer

said covens using their magic to take down the patriarchy

quirky little shops where they get help with their magic

#all our hidden gifts #caroline o'donoghue #the scapegracers #ha clarke #booklr #bookblr #book recs #book recommendations #lgbt books #trans authors #trcc original

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tickety-boo-af · 10 months

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“Lucky me, the unicorn is a much stranger creature than my youth-brain initially understood. Beagle spends a ridiculous amount of prose space establishing that a unicorn isn’t a weird horse or anything like that, but its own specific amalgamation of various animal shapes that makes something distinct, precise, and important. There is so much care taken by the text in shaping the unicorn and letting the audience know that their generic expectation of a unicorn, horse-with-horn, is incomplete and lacking a complete image of what being a unicorn entails. When I was a kid, I was a guilty party who assumed that unicorn meant horse-with-horn. I was delighted to be wrong—it meant that I could be wrong about other things. I desperately needed to be wrong.”

— Hannah Abigail Clarke from their queer reading of The Last Unicorn

#the last unicorn #peter s beagle #ha clarke #h.a. clarke #Hannah Abigail Clarke #queer reads #queer analysis #gender dysphoria #questing beast

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bookcub · 4 months

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Best Books Read in August 2023

A recap of the best books I read each month in 2023.

The Feastmakers by HA Clarke

I was incredibly lucky to get an ARC of the final book in The Scapegracers and I was absolutely delighted reading this book. The emotion, the relationships, the themes. . .I will be buying my hardcover copy when it is released!!

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

I don't read many memoirs, but I'm really glad I read this one. It was so thoughtful and respectful of the author's memory, as well as his family's, and his current emotions. Highly recommend.

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

I started this book years ago now and couldn't get into it. I tried the audiobook this time around and was captivated! I am slowly working my way through Novik's work now and I am excited to read more from her!!

#best books of 2023 #uprooted #they called us enemy #the scapegracers #naomi novik #ha clarke #george takei

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jspinkmills · 1 year

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Feral, vicious, and a lot of witchy fun!

#books #fantasy books #lgbtqia books #witches #lgbtqia+#sapphic #queer fiction #august clarke #ha clarke #the scapegracers

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sharry-arry-odd · 2 years

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There was something repugnant about the absence of rage in me. I wanted my fury back. I wanted a bath. And chocolate.

The Scapegracers, by H.A. Clarke

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bbbbbbbbatman · 5 months

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Bruce gets accosted by reporters and one of them asks "Is it true that you're in competition with Superman to win Batman's affections?" and he is so taken aback bc what the fuck are they even talking about? There are a million questions going through his head such as, since when was superman into batman? since when was this public knowledge? wtf did bruce say to imply that he was into batman as well? And he doesn't have an answer to any of these questions so he just smiles and says, "No, I'm not. The word competition implies that Superman has a chance, which he does not."

why did he say that? Bruce doesn't know, it just felt like that's how Bruce Wayne would've responded bc what's more Brucie than fighting with Superman for Batman's heart? anyway, upon reflection, this was maybe not the best response in terms of long term consequences, but he's committed to the bit now.

a week after all this goes down, news reporter Clark Kent is caught saying that Batman deserves better than Bruce Wayne, so is a third suitor putting his hat in the ring to win over batman?

#superman was already iffy on bruce wayne #now he has a true hatred for the man for #1) declaring his intentions toward someone he has feelings for #2) not only implying that he is better boyfriend material than /Superman/#but that he’s so much better that superman isn’t even competition #/bruce wayne/#notable playboy and idiot #a better choice as a boyfriend #the absolute arrogance #batman #bruce wayne #superman #clark kent #superbat #dc #dc comics #mine

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starspilli · 16 days

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dc cowboy doodles & wips !

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adreamfromnevermore · 28 days

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AU Where the Justice League forms as usual except for one slight difference where Bruce just so happens to have been the one superheroing for the longest. (Excluding Diana, who got up to it in World War 1 and then mostly didn't while she learned about Man's World)

Bruce helps form the Justice League, ignoring all of the comments as they come to the sudden realization that Gotham's baby cryptid story is actually a man in a very intimidating armored suit who can and will break your arm if you cause problems for him. They are unaware that this is not the first team he's led, and actually he's used to teams full of mostly teenagers who also happen to be his children. This should be easier, this team is primarily adults.

He realizes rapidly that he doesn't understand these people.

His kids take bonding activities to mean learning a dozen different ways to break someones leg. That doesn't fly with these people. And that is most of Bruce's ideas, hell when he was a kid Alfred took every opportunity to get him out of his room and mostly that was with the agreement that Alfred would teach him how to defend himself. He's come by it honestly.

This team is not easier. They have more drama than when his house was actually full of kids. It's insane. He doesn't know what to do with it, usually he just sent the kids to their rooms or grounded them from patrol. That doesn't work here.

He comes to a strange crossroads. That falls apart when he forgets who he's working with and snaps at Hal with a full room of heroes that the next person to throw a punch or an insult without a reason too will be sparring with him.

A long standing rule in the batcave that worked two fold to prevent infighting between the kids and too ensure that they were well and truly trained.

It works wonders. No one says a word out of line for the rest of the debrief. Bruce becomes the unofficial mediator of the league over Clark because anytime he walked in on a fight it suddenly became 10 times more civil out of sheer terror of what he'd do to them in a sparring match.

Eventually they actually meet his kids. Well, one kid.

Half way through a mission (one of the rare ones in Gotham) the Bat comes to a complete stop at the edge of an alley. Every single league member on the team comes to a stop behind him. Slowly from the shadows of the alley a man in a red helmet stalks out to greet them.

"You don't call, you don't write"

"Red Hood."

"Don't Red Hood me! We've been worried sick!"

"I was at the cave last night."

"You didn't answer my texts B. You always answer my texts."

Somehow it ends with big and scary following them through the rest of the mission with a running commentary of how much Bats has let him down in his failure to respond in a timely manner to a text send less than an hour before he ran into them in the alley. It only ends when Red Robin shows up.

And even then it only ends because Hood can't keep himself from throwing a punch and Bruce has to snap at him that if he throws another one they're sparring when they get home.

And by god is Jason giving up the chance to punch his brothers.

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reebmiester · 8 months

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apparently “and yet you're bi yourself” is not an appropriate response

#batfam #dick grayson #bruce wayne #clark kent #nightwing #batman #superman #bat family #batfamily #dc comics #my art #everyone knows about jon but they're being nice and not telling him #bruce has been given this speech 10 times. poor tim

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ghostbsuter · 2 months

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He'd been flying above Metropolis.

Like a good ghost! Doing nothing but relax! Enjoying the weather, really.

It was so cool, Superman came up to him, they talked even! Superman was very, very, uncomfortable when Danny mentioned he was kinda dead.

It was really awesome.

Yeah, the keypoint being was.

Now? Now he is in Superman's arms, very much alive after being hit by a stray beam from Lex Luthors newest invention, quite literally hit from the sky when he didn't expect it and out of f reflex turned back human.

"I'm... alive?" He jokes weakly, smiling awkwardly at Superman's stare.

Danny considered this awkward.

Clark was processing the fact Lex Luthor somehow managed to bring back someone from death, his hands now full of said miracle and—

Shit, does the kid even have family left? What's he going to tell Lois!?

#dcxdp #dpxdc #dp x dc crossover #writing prompt #fic prompt #dc x dp prompt #dc x dp #dp x dc #dp x dc prompt #Superman is so flabbergasted #superman has no idea whats going on #superman is just tired man #danny has no idea whats going on #theyre both so shocked #superman is wondering if he just became a father #danny is figuring out how to get out of thia situation #clark: i know this is scary! but now you have a new chance at life! would you like to stay with me and my wife? :')#danny: fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck

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frownyalfred · 8 months

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Clark: why are you like this

Bruce, three seconds away from dropping a glass of champagne on the floor, dramatically slipping in the pieces, and falling into the lap of the senator they’re trying to get information out of in a bizarre, sleep-deprived, but likely wildly successful seduction attempt: can you just let me have this please

#he’s tired ok #he has to be serious ALL the time #let him have fun #seriously though if he’s so good at manipulating people but he keeps a tight leash on himself #Brucie is his stress relief #bruce wayne #batman #dc #superbat #clark kent #superman #also he’s a Scorpio

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thereadingchallengechallenge · 6 months

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JOMP BPC - October 21st - Paranormal

is anyone surprised that I went with the Scapegracers series? anyone??? 🤭🥰

#the scapegracers #the scratch daughters #ha clarke #justonemorepage #jompbpc #booklr #bookblr #trcc original #portraits #lgbt books #nonbinary #lesbian #transbooks365 #trans authors

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mild-and-hammered · 1 month

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So, I know the fandom (myself very included) love to talk about JLA playing fuck marry kill with Brucie Wayne as an option...but I offer an alternative. Bruce overhears a conversation between Clark, Diana, and Hal.

Clark: No I mean if we're playing, I'd fuck you Diana, obviously it would be a wonderful night--

Diana: and all the way into the morning, obviously

Clark: Obviously. And I'd marry Batman, so sorry Hal, I guess you gotta go.

Hal, outraged: Marry Bats???? Over Me???

Clark: Yeah, hello, have you seen him? No offense and all, but if you get the chance to sleep with wonder woman you kinda have to. And if I marry Batman I get sweet gadgets, nerdy banter, awful coffee, and I get to use the little ears on the cowl as handles while I bend him over the breakfast table every morning.

(plot twist, Clark totally knows Batman's there and this is his extremely weird and roundabout way of flirting)

#superbat #bruce wayne #batman #clark kent #superman #justice league #wonder woman #flirting via FMK #Hal kills Clark in his answer out of spite #but then has to choose to either fuck or marry Batman

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bookcub · 8 months

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Quick Review: The Feast Makers by H. A. Clarke

ahhhhhhh thank you to netgalley for a free ARC, my review is my honest reaction

@logarithmicpanda and i have been screaming about this series since the beginning and i love that it has hit hard in every installment

characters: sideways is a fantastic main character, full of big and messy emotions, unapologetically queer, full of mistakes and compassion and i love them so much. ofc our other scapegracers are a delight as always, vicious daisy, dreamy yates, and fierce jing. any scene with any combination of them had me giggling, kicking my feet in the air cause i need this coven so bad. shiloh was a delight, and i liked these new characters, just never as much as my main coven

writing: the PROSE!!! i love unique and descriptive prose and Clarke's style won't be for everyone but it IS for me. it overflows with vivid descriptions and unsettling metaphors and i soaked it all up like a sponge!! i wanted to put these words in my mouth and devour them whole

relationships: i straight up cried at one point. but again, i live for the coven dynamics, i need this fandom to expand, these witches deserve the world. we love a ride or die friendship

plot: the pacing was definitely a little bit off, especially with the ending going from 100 to 0 in no time. i really was craving more falling action from the end. i did love the domestic scenes of friendship in the beginning and middle and the plot had me at the edge of my seat many many times.

themes: its very "queer as in fuck you up" and also punk hope??? like theres anger but so much hope!!

a memorable quote: "i felt the worms underneath us rejoice."

#the scapegracers #the fear breakers #ha clarke #my book reviews

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cowboysorceror · 1 year

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babysitting your work friend's kid and he asks to look at your patchwork quilt of a skull. wyd. inspired by Super Sons #6!

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